1.8% ▼ -21.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Brinsmead · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Brinsmead
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around in Brinsmead, where almost half of all homes now have two vehicles. While public transport options have grown compared to similar areas, they are rarely used for the daily commute. This reliance on cars is reflected in the very low number of households without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here lack a car, at just 1.8%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 49.9% owning two vehicles and 15.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Brinsmead, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.6% of people commuting as the driver. Only 0.4% use public transport, a figure a little below the Queensland average, and 13.2% work from home.
13.2% ▲ +329.8%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -65.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 11 public transport stops and one route, which is more than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Queensland figure, and all services are buses.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.99
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
242.2
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit point is relatively easy for residents, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Brinsmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30377/brinsmead/topic/transport